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Gingerbread Cookies

Yesterday, I baked this Gingerbread Cookies. My son and I had a great fun decorating the cookies. I did the icing and he did most of the decoration works. Both my sons enjoyed this homemade gingerbread cookies and they even gave a thumbs up for it.

Normally, those gingerbread cookies which we bought from the bakery shop has a strong spices taste so children don't really like them. For this recipe, I cut down on the spices and I used Brer Rabbit brand Mild Flavor Molasses which give a nice caramel taste to the cookies. Yummy...yummy. :)

Recipe

Ingredients (yield 28 cookies)
65g butter
80g light brown sugar
1/2tsp salt
1 egg
180g molasses
445g plain flour
1tsp baking soda
1/2tsp ground cinnamon
1 1/4tsp ground ginger

Steps:
1. Sift flour, baking soda and spices together and set aside.
2. Cream butter, sugar and salt together until light and fluffy.
3. Beat in the egg slowly into the cream mixture. (If mixture curdle, add in some flour.)
4. Fold in the flour and molasses alternately until well combined.(Add in some flour if dough is too wet. Dough must be soft but not sticky.)
5. Rest dough in the fridge for 15mins.
6. Preheat oven to 180C.
7. Roll out the dough on a lightly floured surface.
8. Use a cookies cutter and cut out the dough.
9. Place it on a greased tray and bake for 10-12mins depend on the thickness of your cookies.
10.Remove cookies and cool on a wire rack.
11.Decorate it with icing sugar, candy and chocolate.
12.Leave icing sugar to dry before pack them in an airtight container.

Whipped Cream Decorating Knife

I bought this from Daiso, a S$2 store. It made of stainless steel and has 5 different patterns which you can choose to decorate your cake.

Chocolate Brownies

Recipe

Ingredients
Brownies:
65g butter
120g cooking chocolate (chopped)
65g brown sugar/fine sugar
4 eggs (lightly beaten)
45g milk
1/4tsp vanilla essence
110g cake flour
30g cocoa powder
1/2tsp baking soda
1/8tsp salt
50g walnuts (toasted and chopped)
35g chocolate chips

Ganache:
80g whipping cream
160g cooking chocolate (chopped)
10g butter

Steps:
Brownies:
1. Preheat oven to 175C.
2. Sift flour, baking soda, cocoa powder and salt together and set aside.
3. Melt butter and chocolate in a double-boiler over a simmering water.
4. Remove from heat, stir in sugar until dissolved.
5. Add in milk, vanilla essence and beaten eggs.
6. Use a hand whisk, fold in the sifted flour mixture and walnuts.
7. Pour half of the batter into a 7inch lined and greased square tin.
8. Scatter the chocolate chips around and pour the remaining batter over it.
9. Bake in a preheated oven for 30 to 35mins.
10.Remover brownies from tin and cool on a wire rack.

Ganache:
1. Melt chocolate, butter and whipping cream together in a double-boiler over a simmering water.
2. Leave to cool.

Assemble the brownies:
1. Spread the ganache on the brownies and decorate as desired.
2. Cut into small pieces and serve.

Cream Corn Hoen Kwe

Recipe

Ingredients
1tube hoen kwe flour(100g)
460g coconut milk
85g sugar
240g sweet corn cream style

banana leaves cut into 15pcs and scalded

Steps:
1. Mix hoen kwe flour, sugar and coconut milk together until well blended.
2. Cook over low fire and keep stirring until mixture slightly thicken.
3. Stir in the cream corn and cook until thicken. (Don't overcook mixture until it too thick as it will set when it cold.)
4. Scoop some mixture onto banana leaf and wrap it up.
5. Chill in the fridge and serve.

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